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Inspired Mag: 20 fantastic ways to find new music that you like (no Last.fm & Pandora inside)

  • human · 9 months ago
    you forgot the record store, zombies
  • N!C · 9 months ago
    You guys forgot the best ones.

    www.fairtilizer
    www.grooveshark.com
  • grone · 9 months ago
    Wow, this is awesome. Let's not forgt about Napster :-)
  • Pierro Marie · 9 months ago
    Howdy;
    nice list. Thanks for sharing this .
  • MD · 9 months ago
    imeem is the best! :)
  • David · 9 months ago
    Great list. Another approach to music discovery is 'social music recommendation' based on the psychological perception of music. Our new service Music Patterns provides customized playlists based on music that 'People Like You' actually listen to.

    Using a psychology-based approach to music preferences, this method combines your individual preferences with identifying those that are similar to your 'music personality.'

    This new form of social music recommendation was developed from years of research in this area by best selling author Dr. Dan Levitin and our team at Signal Patterns.
  • Jeff Yasuda · 9 months ago
    Catalin - Jeff, CEO from Blip.fm here. Thanks for reaching out to us this morning with the heads up your post. Great stuff and thanks for mentioning Blip.fm. Just to add to your description, you can also think of us as a social music DJ service or the Twitter for music. Anyway, you mentioned a LOT of great music companies and I'm sure your readers are stoked to try your recommendations. Hope to see you on Blip.fm again soon!

    PS - the text link above the "Blip.fm" logo goes to another site so you may want to fix it so I can give you a better idea on the traffic.
  • Zane · 9 months ago
    Hi Catalin, thanks for this article. We hope people enjoy finding music on Songza!

    Take care,

    Zane

    songza.com
  • john · 9 months ago
    What Else!
    My personal favorite is Awdio.com too!

    These guys are actually streaming live events for the Winter Music Conference! Amazing service...
  • ramouflard · 9 months ago
    Thks for the list !! I love Awdio too. That's a really insane concept. Unique music
  • Jeff · 9 months ago
    Awdio is awesome, really !! I stay tuned every night with the incredible line up at WMC in Miami, simply the best DJs
    Moreover I heard they were going to implement a tool enabling information on tracks played and possibility to buy on Itunes
    sounds promising ;o)
  • chris · 9 months ago
  • Bernie · 9 months ago
    Hey Catalin, thanks for putting The Filter on your list. Aside from The Filter (of course) my favorite tool is probably The Sixty One, because it makes music discovery really fun, which is actually as it should be. I also find Tumblr and Blip.fm awesome tools for discovery.

    Cheers,

    Bernie, TheFilter.com
  • Catalin Zorzini · 9 months ago
    Thanks guys for all the great feedback. Stay tuned for more music material soon!
  • David · 8 months ago
    Is there a music discovery site for those of us that listen to Classical Music? Just wondering.
  • samtaters · 8 months ago
    The Hype Machine & Blip.fm are my two favorites. Just started playing around w/ The Sixty One.
  • Appoilsow · 8 months ago
    hmm... good one.
  • enhathype · 8 months ago
    mm... good one..
  • iconViato · 8 months ago
    mm.. cognitively.
  • peter · 7 months ago
    thanks for the useful links! my personal favorite is grooveshark.
    an other interesting one: http://goom.com/
  • musicGAWD · 7 months ago
    new kid on the block - www.jamwee.com
  • joseph wageh eshak · 6 months ago
    you are the best
  • xerode · 6 months ago
    More for finding out when your favourite artists are touring or checking out their history of live shows, there's also http://www.songkick.com/ which I'm sure could also be used for finding new music

    Only just launched so some of the data is a little sparse, particularly for electronic acts, but it looks very promising.
  • Kratom · 5 months ago
    I been looking for ways to keep discovering new music. This is has to be the most useful discovery yet. I have admit to being new to using the net as tool for finding new music. I tend to just read magazines or check radio/tv, but these are usually corporate controlled and I miss out on the really interesting stuff. have agree with the comment about Record Stores, having worked in a few over the years I find it hard to find stores with really informed staff these day as so many have gone out of business. The net is now he place to go, not as much fun but far more info. Well off to check out your list, many many thanks..
  • Mark Bult · 5 months ago
    What about lala.com?
  • Steve Bzomowski · 5 months ago
    Thanks for writing this blog and sharing it with the world. I would like to know how to go for reading your rss blog. Please let me know if possible.
    regards
    lodaz
  • Dana Isley · 5 months ago
    Great site to identify and find new music. Thanks for all the lists---
    checking them out soon!
  • Dana Isley · 5 months ago
    Forgot in my las post to mention another site I found
    www.whatisthatsong.net
    Found out lots of info about identifying songs from TV,Movies
    and lots of great lists.
  • Staticfix · 5 months ago
    Thanks a bunch folks....keep it up
  • Eiffair · 4 months ago
    http://www.spotify.com in Europe begins to have a great buzz. It seems to be a serious competitor for Deezer in UK and France.